1955 Moretti 750 Single-Seat Race Car
- Engine
- 748cc inline-four with twin Weber 40 DCOE carburettors, 70 bhp
Moretti 750 single-seat racing car, chassis 1601, built in 1955 and raced in Venezuela during the late 1950s and 1960s. Entered in multiple events including the Copa Ciudad de Maracay and the Gran Premio Presidente Constitucional de Venezuela, the car was later exported to Italy in 1981 and subsequently restored to its present condition. Eligible for today's premier historic events including the Mille Miglia, it represents a rare surviving example of Moretti's competition output.
Ownership
- —Auction saleEstimate £175,000 – £225,000
- 1966 →Acquisition unknownTaller Toninopartial documentation
Venezuelan outfit that entered the car in a major national race in 1966, 1967, and 1968.
- → 1981Acquisition unknownVenezuelan custodian (identity unknown)partial documentation
Period photographs from 1975 and 1976 confirm the car remained in Venezuela; it was still there in early 1980 when documented alongside several significant Italian sports-racing cars.
- → 1981Acquisition unknownCobra de Venezuelapartial documentation
Venezuelan entity from which Massimo Colombo purchased the car for $400 early in 1981.
- 1981 →Private saleMassimo Colombopartial documentation
Turin-based Italian buyer who purchased the car from a Venezuelan seller and arranged its export to Italy in mid-1981.
- Date unknownPrivate saleCurrent ownerpartial documentation
Acquired the car around the mid-2000s and has driven it only occasionally since.
- Date unknownEdward Sepúlverapartial documentation
Venezuelan owner who campaigned the car in local motorsport events during 1958.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownMariarosa Boldrinipartial documentation
Brescia-based owner who held the car during the mid-1980s, acquiring it after it arrived in Italy.
- Date unknownPrivate saleAntonio Traversapartial documentation
Owner based in Alessandria who received the car from Boldrini; a restoration to present condition was carried out during his period of ownership, supported by invoices.
Competition
- 1958-04-01IV Premio de la MontañaDriver: Edward Sepúlvera
Entry is believed rather than confirmed; no result recorded in the source material.
- 1958-06-01Copa Ciudad de MaracayDriver: Edward Sepúlvera5th
Sepúlvera piloted the Moretti to a creditable mid-field finish in this Venezuelan event.
- 1966-07-31Gran Premio Presidente Constitucional de la Republica de Venezuela
Car entered by Taller Tonino; no result stated for this appearance.
- 1967Gran Premio Presidente Constitucional de la Republica de Venezuela2nd in Formula Junior S class
Taller Tonino returned with the car for the 1967 edition, achieving a class podium.
- 1968Gran Premio Presidente Constitucional de la Republica de Venezuela
Taller Tonino entered the car for a third consecutive year; no result recorded in the source material.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Restoration
The car was brought back to its present state in a restoration completed in recent years; a collection of invoices documenting the work accompanies the vehicle.
Work is believed to have been carried out before the mid-2000s sale to the current owner, though precise dating is not stated.
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